Legal guides
Practical guides to Dutch law, arranged by area of law: from employment and corporate law to family law, immigration, criminal law and real estate. Written by the lawyers of Law & More in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
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Copying general terms and conditions: the legal risks in the Netherlands
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky under Dutch law on three separate grounds: copyright, unlawful act and the validity of the terms themselves. The exception is short standard phrasing, which is too generic for copyright
If you are divorcing in the Netherlands and have children under 18, you must file
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Dutch child maintenance (kinderalimentatie) is calculated in two steps: first what the child needs, based
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If you are not married to or in a registered partnership with the mother, you
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A Woo request (Woo-verzoek) is a request under the Dutch Open Government Act (Wet open
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If a Dutch authority finds that your company or property breaches a permit, a planning
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An administrative fine (bestuurlijke boete) is a sum of money a Dutch regulator imposes as
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Software escrow protects you if your software supplier goes bankrupt or stops maintaining its product:
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Under Dutch law you may, as a rule, break off negotiations without paying anything. Liability
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